Teen pleads guilty to accessory to armed robbery charge

Published: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 06:32 PM.

GRAHAM — A Burlington teen pleaded guilty to being an accessory to a February armed robbery in Graham and will spend the next couple of years in prison.

Jabari Deque Wilson, 19, of Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, was originally charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon in a Feb. 2, 2012, incident on East Harden Street in Graham. The victim in the case said he was robbed of about $40 and that one of several men hit him in the head with a pistol. Joshua Ryan Wilson Jr., 19, and Thomas Jeffries, 19, were also charged with armed robbery

Jabari Wilson pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to armed robbery in Alamance County Superior Court on Monday. According to court documents, Jabari Wilson pleaded guilty to assisting Joshua Wilson to leave the scene of the crime as a look-out.

He also pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a storage building on South Spring Street in Burlington on Aug. 14, 2011. He also admitted to violating probation on a 2010 conviction of breaking and entering and larceny after breaking and entering charges.

Superior Court Judge Henry W. Hight Jr. issued three active sentences, including 15 to 27 months on the accessory plea and two six- to eight-month sentences on the probation violation and breaking and entering charge.

In exchange for the plea, the state dismissed charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, possession of stolen property, larceny after breaking and entering and injury to real property.

GRAHAM — A Burlington teen pleaded guilty to being an accessory to a February armed robbery in Graham and will spend the next couple of years in prison.

Jabari Deque Wilson, 19, of Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, was originally charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon in a Feb. 2, 2012, incident on East Harden Street in Graham. The victim in the case said he was robbed of about $40 and that one of several men hit him in the head with a pistol. Joshua Ryan Wilson Jr., 19, and Thomas Jeffries, 19, were also charged with armed robbery

Jabari Wilson pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to armed robbery in Alamance County Superior Court on Monday. According to court documents, Jabari Wilson pleaded guilty to assisting Joshua Wilson to leave the scene of the crime as a look-out.

He also pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a storage building on South Spring Street in Burlington on Aug. 14, 2011. He also admitted to violating probation on a 2010 conviction of breaking and entering and larceny after breaking and entering charges.

Superior Court Judge Henry W. Hight Jr. issued three active sentences, including 15 to 27 months on the accessory plea and two six- to eight-month sentences on the probation violation and breaking and entering charge.

In exchange for the plea, the state dismissed charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, possession of stolen property, larceny after breaking and entering and injury to real property.

Jabari Wilson received credit for 43 days spent in jail.

There were no court dates listed for Joshua Wilson or Thomas Jeffries on the robbery charges.